LOL Cats Live at the Library!

How does one build an empire on pictures of cats with silly, misspelled captions? As most of us know, the Cheezburger Network – which consists of more than thirty popular humor sites such as I Can Has Cheezburger, FAIL Blog, There I Fixed It, and Photobombs – has become an Internet phenomenon. Its daily collection of LOLCats, FAILS, and other blunders are the source of endless humor, and you can be pretty sure that someone in the office is reading one of the sites and chuckling right now. But how did it happen? And what’s more: why didn’t you think of that?!!

On Friday, April 23 at 7 p.m., Ben Huh, chief executive of Cheezburger Network, will be at the Central Library, sharing the story of how he started with one LOLCat site and grew it into one of the largest blog networks in the world – a network that more than 13 million people a month depend on for their daily dose of laughter. Books, including Huh’s latest “I Has a Hotdog: What Your Dog is Really Thinking,” will be available for purchase and signing from the University Book Store.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Seating is limited and is first come, first serve. Parking will be available in the Central Library garage for a $5 special event rate.